Re: [walkers-672] Weirdo at large on Meetup warning for our ladies.....

We do our best to keep a comfort zone for our group so if this man is a part of our group, please send an email to either me or Rick, our organizer, regarding this and who he is.

Guys, I don't mean to offend any of you with this or make you feel like you can't be sociable in fear that you'll be considered a pervert. Obviously, there's a distinguishable difference here between being sociable and weird though. We all need to watch out for each other and weirdos do come in both genders as many of us know by now so guys need to be careful too.

Thank you,

Cheryl

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Olga <[address removed]> wrote:

The profile has been deleted. This is not the first time this happens. I had to remove some of my pictures because another member told me he stares at them all the time. Last year another member sent me and other women the same kind of email.

Sometimes, it does not matter how much you want to meet others to mingle and feel safe...there is always a rotten apple in every bag.

Stay safe everyone.

Olga

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Rick Combs <[address removed]> wrote:

I've reported this profile for inappropriate content. If everyone were to click on the link you sent and then clicked the "report/Block" hyper-link, the Meetup management team can then take some action - especially if a lot of people do this.

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Cheryl M <[address removed]> wrote:

Yesterday I received a message from a man on Meetup who had a profile up with no photo and did not belong to any groups yet had been a member of Meetup for over one year.

His message sounded like he might be someone who knew me so I responded asking him if he knew me. He didn't answer that question but went on about how attractive he found me and how he wanted to get to know me. I thought it might be an April Fools joke since most of my friends know I like to goof around. I mentioned this to another female friend from our group last night and she said that she also also received an email from him so ladies, this is the profile of this guy just in case you heard from him too. We ladies need to look out for each other with this kind of nuttiness out there....

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Meet other local people who are interested in hiking for fitness! We also do some biking, snow shoeing, ice skating, roller skating and some x-country skiing and getting together for a bite to eat after a hike or just coffee.

Our group is a lot of fun. We are all friendly and always open to new ideas for meetups and new places too. We do have to consider the regions originally intended which are northern central MA and southern NH but will venture out now and then on camping trips or to the beach. We're about having fun and getting some exercise. Most of our group can do moderate hiking. Please be a kindred spirited person at least while on our hikes. Having respect for nature is a must.

We embrace diversity and welcome everyone regardless of gender, gender preferences, race, age(18 and up), marital status, etc. Anyone who is not cool with that, please do not join our group.We are peace loving people.

Please do not join this group if you are not going to participate in events but just want your profile seen or are just using this site as a dating tool. There are singles only sites on Meetup for that.

The difficulty of our hikes is normally set to allow the maximum amount of participation for the maximum amount of members. A moderate pace of approximately 2MPH should be expected on most hikes. When hikes are planned that are more difficult, such as Mt Monadnock, the description of the meet-up will include this fact. Our goal is to enjoy the outdoors while meeting people interested in the same - not to conquer the mountains. Our hikes are also paced to keep everyone in the group more or less together through the entire hike.

Weather is obviously a major factor in any of our hikes. We try not to cancel meet-ups for light rain - we are outdoors after all. However, in the case of forecasted heavy rain and/or lightning, we'll try to cancel those meet-ups about 24 hours ahead of time. I use weather.com radar maps to make this determination and send an email prior to the event. The best advice is to check your email the morning of a meet-up for any cancellations.

Anyone soliciting products or services through this group, aside from Alan of Dance2Swing who has the organizer's permission as these swing dances and lessons are great activities for our members, will be removed from the group immediately. To discourage this kind of behavior, I ask that group members do not buy any products or services from anyone trying to sell them through this group or this website. That is NOT what this Meet-up group is intended for.

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